Yes, they'll all come to meet me, arms reaching, smiling sweetly. It's good to touch the green, green grass of home. (Tom Jones)

June is a very busy month in my agenda. Garden and painting our house on the outside were 2 items in it. Normally weather conditions are fine for outdoor transformations but the weather has been horrid lately : gardeners and painters had to halt their activities because of this non-stop raining.

Our garden didn't need much adaptations ; we just wanted to get rid of 'the green devil' called bamboo.

How horrible can a plant be ? A real pest I call this one. Roots digging their way anywhere (especially where you don't want them to be as our neighbour's garden) !

Between showers the job was quickly done ! Off with their heads !

A massive pile of cut off stems was seen and soon to be gone to the 'compost heap imprisonment'. Ha !

As discussed, the garden designers built a construction of water-repellent wood to help our little grapes (plants) become strong and tall in the end. Sometimes some 'guidance' is needed.

For all garden works : Dao Peeters, garden architecture

construction is seen in the background

this is what the grapes should do with a little help from the wooden fence

I want to be seen green Wouldn't be caught dead, red 'Cause if you are seen green It means you got mean bread (The Wiz, Emerald City Sequence)

Tried something different today ; not your average pizza or tomato spread base to start with.

For this 'green' pizza focaccia you'd need :

1 premade pizza focaccia base
green baby asparagus
spring onions
mozzarella
lime juice (1/2 is enough)
olive oil
sea salt
oregano
black ground pepper

Preheat your oven 220°C
Take the base out of the package and leave to rest for 10 minutes
Meanwhile slice the asparagus in very thin strings
Put a pan on your heat - drizzle some olive oil in it and when hot throw in those strings together with finely chopped spring onions. Add the lime juice.
Season with pepper.
Once the vegs are glassy they are ready.

Pierce your focaccia base with a fork and spread some olive oil on it. Put the green veggies on top ;  season with sea salt and oregano. Rip little pieces of the mozzarella cheese and lay them evenly on your focaccia.

Bake 10 − 12 minutes in your preheated oven.
Serve warm and drizzle some honey on the triangles for some extra 'pazzaz' !